[AZ-Observing] Re: Chaco Canyon Photos

Tom, thanks for the photographs. Margie Williams said she was up there 
recently. Now I know what it is.
Stan

Tom Polakis wrote:

>Last weekend, Jenn and I met up at Chaco Canyon with our friends Chuck and 
>Judy Dethloff, who have been the directors of the Oregon Star Party until this 
>year.  It was worth making the 7-hour drive, which culminates in 20 miles of 
>dirt road to the entrance to the park.  Pictures are posted here:
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>http://www.pbase.com/polakis/chaco2005
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>There is actually some astronomy in the photos.  Several years ago, Chaco 
>began an astronomy program thanks to the individual effort of John Sefick, who 
>told us that he moved from Chicago to Albuquerque in search of a dark-sky 
>retirement.  He singlehandedly funded a 25-inch Obsession in a dome and a C14 
>on an A-P 1200 mount.  The astronomy program is hosted by rangers or 
>volunteers, who get to use the equipment after  giving the visitors a tour.  
>Thanks to the Chaco program, a similar observing program is happening at Bryce 
>Canyon National Park.
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>Another astronomy attraction is the pictograph of the 1054 "Crab Nebula" 
>supernova on an inacessible rock ceiling.  Getting to this famous rendition 
>requires a 7-mile round-trip hike that's mostly flat.
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>The main attraction is well-preserved ruins from 10th- and 11th-century 
>civilization, some of them impressively large.  Pueblo Bonito is said to have 
>been the largest structure in North America until the first skyscrapers in the 
>1800's.
>
>Tom
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